VA - ABC of the Blues [52 CD, 2010] Vol. 11-20

 

This 52 disc Ultimate Collection features music from the Delta to the Big Cities. This special first edition also includes a historic puck harmonica. How blue can you get? You will find your favorites here and discover some hidden gems, as the 'ABC of the Blues' brings together the best of the best.

It presents some of the most influential Blues musicians - some of the most influential musicians, period. Their styles may range as far and wide as their attitudes, their concepts, yes, even their stories and legends. The oldest member of the distinct congregation were born in the late 19th century. Some of the young'uns still record and perform to this day. The music may lift you up or get you down. But one thing is for sure:

The Blues will live on!





11-01 Lowell Fulson - I Wanna Make Love to You
11-02 Lowell Fulson - Rock'em Dead
11-03 Lowell Fulson - You Better Rock This Morning
11-04 Lowell Fulson - Rollin' Blues
11-05 Lowell Fulson - Someday Baby
11-06 Lowell Fulson - It Took a Long Time
11-07 Lowell Fulson - That's Alright
11-08 Lowell Fulson - It's a Long Time
11-09 Lowell Fulson - Loving You
11-10 Lowell Fulson - Lonely Hours
11-11 The Four Blazes - Stop Boogie Woogie
11-12 The Four Blazes - Snag the Britches
11-13 The Four Blazes - Raggedy Ride
11-14 The Four Blazes - Perfect Woman
11-15 The Four Blazes - Night Train
11-16 The Four Blazes - Never Start Living
11-17 The Four Blazes - Women, Women
11-18 The Four Blazes - Drunken Blues
11-19 The Four Blazes - My Hat's on the Side of My Head
11-20 The Four Blazes - Mary Jo

12-01 Buddy Guy - Try to Quit You, Baby
12-02 Buddy Guy - You Sure Can't Do
12-03 Buddy Guy - This Is the End
12-04 Buddy Guy - Sit and Cry (The Blues)
12-05 Arthur Gunter - Baby Let's Play House
12-06 Arthur Gunter - No Naggin', No Draggin'
12-07 Arthur Gunter - Honey Babe
12-08 Arthur Gunter - Little Blues Jeans Woman
12-09 Arthur Gunter - Baby You Better Listen
12-10 Arthur Gunter - I Want Her Back
12-11 Arthur Gunter - Crazy Me
12-12 Arthur Gunter - Ludella
12-13 Arthur Gunter - Blues After Hours
12-14 Slim Gaillard - Walkin' & Cookin' Blues
12-15 Slim Gaillard - Blue Heaven
12-16 Slim Gaillard - Thunderbird
12-17 Slim Gaillard - Chicken Rhythm
12-18 Slim Gaillard - I Love You
12-19 Slim Gaillard - I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
12-20 Slim Gaillard - Don't Blame Me

13-01 John Lee Hooker - Dimples
13-02 John Lee Hooker - I'm in the Mood
13-03 John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen'
13-04 John Lee Hooker - Let Your Daddy Ride
13-05 John Lee Hooker - John L's House Rent Boogie
13-06 John Lee Hooker - Weeping Willow Boogie
13-07 John Lee Hooker - Huckle Up Baby
13-08 John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues
13-09 John Lee Hooker - Crawlin' King Snake
13-10 John Lee Hooker - Sally Mae
13-11 Wynonie Harris - Around the Clock Pt. 1 & 2
13-12 Wynonie Harris - Yonder Goes My Baby
13-13 Wynonie Harris - Don't Take My Whiskey Away from Me
13-14 Wynonie Harris - Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
13-15 Wynonie Harris - Time to Change Your Town
13-16 Wynonie Harris - You Got to Get Yourself a Job, Girl
13-17 Wynonie Harris - Oh Babe!
13-18 Wynonie Harris - Luscious Woman
13-19 Wynonie Harris - Stormy Night Blues
13-20 Wynonie Harris - Git to Gittin' Baby

14-01 Earl Hooker - Sweet Black Angel
14-02 Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie Woogie
14-03 Earl Hooker - Goin' Down the Line
14-04 Earl Hooker - Guitar Rag
14-05 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
14-06 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Yellow Coat
14-07 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - If You Are But a Dream
14-08 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - You Made Me Love
14-09 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Orange Colored Sky
14-10 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Hong Kong
14-11 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Baptize Me in Wine
14-12 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Not Anymore
14-13 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Hear Voices
14-14 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - The Whammy
14-15 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Little Demon
14-16 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Poor Folks
14-17 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Your Kind of Love
14-18 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Ashes
14-19 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
14-20 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Ol' Man River

15-01 Lightnin' Hopkins - Katie Mae Blues
15-02 Lightnin' Hopkins - Play with Your Poodle
15-03 Lightnin' Hopkins - Automobile
15-04 Lightnin' Hopkins - "T" Model Blues
15-05 Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go
15-06 Lightnin' Hopkins - Needed Time
15-07 Lightnin' Hopkins - Short Haired Woman
15-08 Lightnin' Hopkins - Mad with You
15-09 Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Boogie
15-10 Lightnin' Hopkins - Give Me Central 209
15-11 Lightnin' Hopkins - Coffee Blues
15-12 Lightnin' Hopkins - What's the Matter Now
15-13 Lightnin' Hopkins - I'm Wild About You Baby
15-14 Lightnin' Hopkins - Movin' On Out Boogie
15-15 Lightnin' Hopkins - Policy Game
15-16 Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Jump
15-17 Lightnin' Hopkins - Late in the Evening
15-18 Lightnin' Hopkins - They Wonder Who I Am
15-19 Lightnin' Hopkins - Had a Gal Called Sal
15-20 Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues for My Cookie

16-01 Howlin' Wolf - Look-A-Here Baby
16-02 Howlin' Wolf - Smile at Me
16-03 Howlin' Wolf - California Boogie
16-04 Howlin' Wolf - My Baby Walked Off
16-05 Howlin' Wolf - Chocolate Drop
16-06 Howlin' Wolf - Mr. Highway Man
16-07 Howlin' Wolf - Color and Kind
16-08 Howlin' Wolf - Everybody's in the Mood
16-09 Howlin' Wolf - (Well) That's Alright
16-10 Howlin' Wolf - Baby Ride with Me
16-11 Howlin' Wolf - Decoration Day Blues
16-12 Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at Midnight
16-13 Howlin' Wolf - The Wolf Is at Your Door
16-14 Howlin' Wolf - Getting Old and Grey
16-15 Howlin' Wolf - Oh, Red!
16-16 Howlin' Wolf - My Last Affair
16-17 Howlin' Wolf - Dorothy Mae
16-18 Howlin' Wolf - I Got a Woman/Sweet Woman
16-19 Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird Blues
16-20 Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf Boogie

17-01 Alberta Hunter - Down Hearted Blues
17-02 Alberta Hunter - Why Did You Pick Me Up When I Was Down
17-03 Alberta Hunter - Don't Pan Me
17-04 Alberta Hunter - Jazzin' Baby Blues
17-05 Alberta Hunter - You Can't Have It All
17-06 Alberta Hunter - You Shall Reap Just What You Sow
17-07 Alberta Hunter - Taint Nobody's Business
17-08 Alberta Hunter - If You Want to Keep your Daddy
17-09 Alberta Hunter - Chirping the Blues
17-10 Alberta Hunter - Some Day Sweetheart
17-11 Ivory Joe Hunter - Heaven Came Down to Earth
17-12 Ivory Joe Hunter - It May Sound Silly
17-13 Ivory Joe Hunter - I Need You
17-14 Ivory Joe Hunter - You Mean Everything to Me
17-15 Ivory Joe Hunter - Shooty Booty
17-16 Ivory Joe Hunter - Yes, I Want You
17-17 Ivory Joe Hunter - I Just Want to Love You
17-18 Ivory Joe Hunter - I'll Never Leave You, Baby
17-19 Ivory Joe Hunter - All About the Blues
17-20 Ivory Joe Hunter - She's Gone

18-01 Robert Johnson - They're Red Hot
18-02 Robert Johnson - 32-20 Blues
18-03 Robert Johnson - Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
18-04 Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues
18-05 Robert Johnson - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
18-06 Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
18-07 Robert Johnson - Kindhearted Woman Blues
18-08 Robert Johnson - Ramblin' on My Mind
18-09 Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues
18-10 Robert Johnson - Malted Milk
18-11 Robert Johnson - Love in Vain Blues
18-12 Robert Johnson - Honeymoon Blues
18-13 Robert Johnson - When You Got a Good Friend
18-14 Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues
18-15 Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues
18-16 Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues
18-17 Robert Johnson - Walkin' Blues
18-18 Robert Johnson - From Four Till Late
18-19 Robert Johnson - Last Fair Deal Goin' Down
18-20 Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues

19-01 Elmore James - Dust My Broom
19-02 Elmore James - Sho' Nuff I Do
19-03 Elmore James - Please Find My Baby
19-04 Elmore James - Cry for Me Baby
19-05 Elmore James - Sunny Land
19-06 Elmore James - The 12 Year Old Boy
19-07 Elmore James - It Hurts Me, Too
19-08 Elmore James - Hawaiian Boogie
19-09 Elmore James - T.V. Mama
19-10 Lonnie Johnson - Have to Change Keys (To Play These Blues)
19-11 Lonnie Johnson - Mr. Johnson's Blues
19-12 Lonnie Johnson - Mean Old Bedbug Blues
19-13 Lonnie Johnson - Toothache Blues Pt. 1
19-14 Lonnie Johnson - Toothache Blues Pt. 2
19-15 Lonnie Johnson - Sweet Potato Blues
19-16 Lonnie Johnson - Guitar Blues
19-17 Lonnie Johnson - She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight
19-18 Lonnie Johnson - Got the Blues for Murder Only
19-19 Lonnie Johnson - I'm Nuts About That Gal
19-20 Lonnie Johnson - Deep Blue Sea Blues

20-01 Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
20-02 Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down
20-03 Blind Willie Johnson - Praise God I'm Satisfied
20-04 Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Will Soon Be Over
20-05 Blind Willie Johnson - I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
20-06 Blind Willie Johnson - Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
20-07 Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault but Mine
20-08 Blind Willie Johnson - I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge
20-09 Blind Willie Johnson - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
20-10 Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
20-11 Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink of Water Blues
20-12 Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell Blues [See See Rider]
20-13 Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
20-14 Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
20-15 Tommy Johnson - Alcohol and Jake Blues
20-16 Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down the Road
20-17 Skip James - 22-20 Blues
20-18 Skip James - How Long "Buck"
20-19 Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
20-20 Skip James - Devil Got My Woman